QUICK LINKS: 2020 SYMPOSIUM VIDEOS
PANDEMIC CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Constitution Day Webinar Series
September 14–17, 2020
Have you wondered how the pandemic has shaped free expression? You may have noticed that many can’t practice religion per traditional custom. What about whether people feel safe attending a protest or how they engage civic leaders? Explore these and other questions during FAV’s virtual National Symposium to celebrate Constitution Day & Citizenship Day September 14-17, 2020.
Also known as Citizenship Day, Constitution Day (September 17th) is an
American holiday honoring the day the United States Constitution was signed
in Philadelphia on this day in 1787.
“This law urged civil and educational authorities of states, counties, cities and
towns to make plans for the proper observance of the day and “for the complete
instruction of citizens in their responsibilities and opportunities as citizens of
the United States and of the State and locality in which they reside.”2
For many reasons, this has not exactly become the norm in our society. Rest
assured, First Amendment Voice is here to fill this void. We have put together
quite the lineup of leaders and citizens alike to gather and further educate
ourselves on the pandemic’s impact on how we express ourselves.
JOIN US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND EXERCISE 1ST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS
Agenda quick links
MONDAY 9/14 • Difficult Conversations Workshops, sponsored by the Double Your Sales Now podcast • Free Expression: Speaking Through a Mask Panel WEDNESDAY 9/16 • Difficult Conversations Workshops, sponsored by the Double Your Sales Now podcast (Session 1) • Foreign Impact on 1st Amendment Freedom Panel: When a Virus Comes a Knocking • Keynote Conversation, Pandemic Impact on Religious Expression & Assembly • Technology & the 1st Amendment Panel • Trends in Press Freedom • VIP Reception, networking THURSDAY 9/17 • Difficult Conversations Workshops, sponsored by the Double Your Sales Now podcast (Session 1) • Religious Freedom Panel • College Free Speech Panel • Keynote Conversation w/ Jen Dulski: How Technology is Impacting Expression, Assembly & Petition • Special music/performance, FAV 2021 Way Forward
SPECIAL DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WORKSHOP
SPONSORED BY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 | 11AM EST | (4.5 hours) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 SESSION #1 | 11AM EST | (2.5 hours) THURSDAY SESSION #2 | 11AM EST | (2.5 hours) Free to paid members & DYSN listeners. $25 registration for all others.
SPEAKER – KERN BEARE
Kern Beare is a former vice president of communications for a large technology firm in Silicon Valley, CA. After leaving the corporate world in 2005, he co-founded Global Mindshift, a non-profit offering online facilitated workshops on the essential skills we need to survive and thrive in today’s interconnected and interdependent world. Kern is the founder of Pop the Bubble, an initiative to help heal our current national divide. As part of that initiative he travels the country leading a workshop entitled “Difficult Conversations: The art and science of thinking together.”
FOREIGN IMPACT ON 1ST AMENDMENT FREEDOM PANEL: WHEN A VIRUS COMES A KNOCKING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 | 11am EST | (1.5 hours) Foreign Impact on 1st Amendment Freedom Panel: When a Virus Comes a Knocking (Free)
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ENACTED – FAITH-BASED INNOVATIONS IN COLUMBUS IN SERVING CHILDREN SERVICES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 | 1:30PM EST | (45 minutes) (FREE)
TECHNOLOGY & THE 1ST AMENDMENT PANEL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 | 2:30PM EST | (1.5 hours) (Free)
FREE EXPRESSION: SPEAKING THROUGH A MASK PANEL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 | 2:45PM EST | (1.5 hours) (FREE)
SPEAKER: DOYLE HODGES, EDITOR, TEXAS NATIONAL SECURITY REVIEW
SPEAKER: (LEFT) NORA BENAVIDEZ, PEN AMERICA
SPEAKER: DEBORAH TOPOL, MD, FACP, ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION, MED STAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER
MODERATOR: LARRY ROSENBERG, FAV BOARD MEMBER
TRENDS IN PRESS FREEDOM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 | 4:30PM EST | (1.5 hours) (FREE)
VIP RECEPTION, NETWORKING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 | 6PM EST | (1.5 hours) [BREAKOUTS PRE-ASSIGNED] (PAID) SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY ABEL JAMES FAV DELEGATES FREE. ALL SPEAKERS, SPONSORS, SELECT MEMBERS INVITED (FREE)
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PANEL: HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED FAITH-BASED SOCIAL SERVICES
SPONSORED BY:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 | 11:00AM EST | (1.5 hours) (FREE)
COLLEGE FREE SPEECH PANEL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 | 2:30 PM EST | (1.5 hours) (FREE)
SPONSORED BY
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: HOW IS TECHNOLOGY IMPACTING EXPRESSION, ASSEMBLY & PETITION?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 | 1:30PM EST | (45 minutes) (FREE)
